GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |